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September 14, 2023

Morocco Rejects Offers of Foreign Aid as Earthquake Death Toll Nears 3,000
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In Morocco, search-and-recovery teams say they're frustrated that the
government rejected offers of foreign aid, as the death toll from last
week's devastating earthquake nears 3,000. This week French President
Emmanuel Macron said in a message to the Moroccan people that King
Mohammed VI had rejected an offer by France to provide direct
humanitarian aid. So far Morocco has only provided access to aid workers
from Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the U.K. and Qatar. Many survivors
in remote villages have been sleeping outdoors since the earthquake
struck. 

Malika Ouabella: "We don't know where we are going to go, what we're
going to do, where we're going to live. You know winter is coming, the
rain, you know, winter conditions, rain, we have young children … we
have nothing."



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